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Censorship

Kennedy Center Adds Trump's Name To Building

The Defining Art World Moments of 2025, According to the Art Daddy

Whatever comes next will demand sharper vision, real accountability and far less tolerance for business as usual.
By The Art Daddy
A Black trans woman with pink curls and bold makeup poses barefoot in a royal blue gown, holding a torch of orange flowers against a pale pink background.

The Art World Confronts a New Era of Censorship in the U.S.

"While no single person is to blame, it’s clear that institutional fear—shaped by a broader climate of political hostility toward trans lives—played a role," artist Amy Sherald wrote of canceling "American Sublime" at the National Portrait Gallery.
By Elisa Carollo
Anti-Pornography Demonstrators Protesting

Can Controversy and Censorship Ever Be Good for Artists and Their Art?

For some, controversy brings recognition, but many artists suffer emotional trauma, professional setbacks and long-term personal loss.
By Daniel Grant
MICA exhibition.

Art’s Not Always Safe: The Fate of Arts Education in the Age of the Microaggression

By Daniel Grant
What would Coach Taylor think?

Texas Prisoners Can Read ‘Mein Kampf’ But Not ‘Friday Night Lights’

By John Bonazzo
Facebook's top meme pages are changing their profile pictures to this in protest of censorship, and they're encouraging all uses to join in.

Here’s Why 100 of Facebook’s Biggest Meme Pages Are Boycotting the Site

By Sage Lazzaro
YouTuber @phillyd, from the "Marriage Makes You Fat" video.

YouTube to Freaked Out YouTubers: Our Terms of Service Haven’t Changed

By Brady Dale
CLEVELAND, OH - JULY 20: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump stands with Republican vice presidential candidate Mike Pence and acknowledge the crowd on the third day of the Republican National Convention on July 20, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.

Indiana Museum in Need of Mike Pence Portrait Artist, Facebook Censors Hand Drawing

By Alanna Martinez
Prince died after overdosing on the prescripion drug Fentanyl.

Tickets to See Prince’s Mansion Go on Sale, Richard Prince Sued Again

By Alanna Martinez
Lucille Ball.

‘Scary’ Lucille Ball Sculpture Replaced, Australian Mag Censors Nude Art on Cover

By Alanna Martinez
Titian (Tiziano Vecelli), Venus with an Organist and Cupid, (ca. 1550–1555).

The King of Spain’s Secret Erotic Art Collection Comes to New England

By David D'Arcy
Riverside Park.

Public Art With Slave Imagery Rejected by City Because People Do Pilates in the Park

By Guelda Voien
Countdown Machine.

Piece Criticizing Mainland China Removed From Public View in Hong Kong

By Guelda Voien
A view of the Max Mara celebration of the opening of The Whitney Museum Of American Art at its new location on April 24, 2015 in New York City.

Whitney Museum to Reinstall Collection, Hauser & Wirth LA to Keep Graffiti—and More

By Alanna Martinez
Townhouse Gallery in Cairo. (Photo: Courtesy of thetownhousegallery.com)

Egyptian Gallery Faces Censorship Following Police Raid and Closure

By Casey Quackenbush
Evelyne Axell, Ice Cream, (1964). (Photo: Philadelphia Museum of Art via Facebook)

Philadelphia Museum of Art Pushes Back Against Yet More Facebook Censorship

By Alanna Martinez
(Courtesy Getty Images)

Censored: China Shuts Down Art Exhibit About Rape

By Guelda Voien
A bronze statue of The Little Mermaid in Copenhagen (Photo: Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty Images)

‘Little Mermaid’ Statue Censored on Facebook, JMW Turner’s House Gets a Reno, and More

By Alanna Martinez
PARIS, FRANCE- Tributes of drawings, flowers, pens and candles are left in front of the Charlie Hebdo offices on January 14, 2015 in Paris, France.

Charlie Hebdo’s Stolen Valor

By Abraham H. Miller
Diane Ducruet, Mother & Daughter II, 2014. (Photo courtesy artist's website)

Art World Abstracts: French Artist’s Mother-Daughter Photo Censored, and More!

By Alanna Martinez

Pornhub Billboard Taken Down The Day After It Went Up After Hotel Manager Throws a Fit

By Jack Smith IV

Pornhub Debuts Giant Times Square Billboard With a Choir Performance

By Jack Smith IV
Henri Matisse, The Snail, 1953 (Courtesy Tate Modern)

Art World Abstracts: A Blockbuster Matisse Show, and More!

By Nate Freeman

Mahbod Moghadam: Who's Really Benefiting When We Censor Terrorists (and Ourselves)?

By Mahbod Moghadam
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